The next time you get a McDonald’s cheeseburger, you might want to save the pickle, because there’s a chance you could turn it into six grand or so. That’s what artist Matthew Griffin has done with his latest piece, which is simply called “Pickle.” The artist from Sydney peeled the pickle off of a recent burger, threw it onto the ceiling of an Auckland, New Zealand art gallery, and gave it a ($6,275) price tag. “Pickle” is on display at the Michael Lett Gallery for the next few days and any interested buyers will be asked for an additional ($2.80) if they’d like to have the burger that it came from, plus a fee of $50 for the clean up and stain removal. The pickle is clinging to the ceiling with nothing but the assorted sauces and stickiness that it was served with, and whoever drops 6 grand on this piece won’t get that exact pickle, but they will be given “instructions on how to recreate the art in their own space and a certificate. Perhaps the truly funny part is that someone may actually pay $6,000 for it. Would You?…………Ed
Source: By Jelisa Castrodale/Photo: Michael Lett Gallery
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